| 1 | 1 | | 89R2022 AMF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Paxton S.B. No. 2311 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the requirements for the operational plan for certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | general residential operations licensed by the Health and Human |
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| 11 | 11 | | Services Commission. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.252(c), Human Resources Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) The operational plan must include: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a community engagement plan to develop and, if |
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| 17 | 17 | | necessary, improve relations between the general residential |
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| 18 | 18 | | operation and the community in which the operation is located that |
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| 19 | 19 | | includes: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) a summary of any discussions the operation |
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| 21 | 21 | | had with: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (i) local law enforcement; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (ii) local health, therapeutic, and |
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| 24 | 24 | | recreational resources available to support children at the |
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| 25 | 25 | | operation; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) a summary of the opportunities the children |
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| 27 | 27 | | at the operation will have for social interaction in the community; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) an educational plan describing the applicant's |
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| 29 | 29 | | plan to provide for the educational needs of the children at the |
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| 30 | 30 | | general residential operation that: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) identifies whether the proposed operation |
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| 32 | 32 | | will provide for the public or private education of school-age |
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| 33 | 33 | | children at the operation; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) identifies whether the proposed operation |
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| 35 | 35 | | will provide for the education of school-age children through a |
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| 36 | 36 | | local school, off-site charter school, or on-site charter school; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) includes a written agreement [any |
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| 38 | 38 | | discussions, plans, and agreements] with the local school district, |
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| 39 | 39 | | private school, or local charter school that will be providing |
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| 40 | 40 | | education to the school-age children at the operation that includes |
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| 41 | 41 | | information about the location where education services will be |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided and the transportation of children to that location; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (D) if the children are to be enrolled in a public |
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| 44 | 44 | | school, includes either: |
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| 45 | 45 | | (i) a statement from the local independent |
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| 46 | 46 | | school district on the impact of the proposed child-care services |
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| 47 | 47 | | on the local school district; or |
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| 48 | 48 | | (ii) an explanation of the reasons the |
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| 49 | 49 | | operation was unable to obtain a statement described by |
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| 50 | 50 | | Subparagraph (i) and a discussion of other alternative educational |
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| 51 | 51 | | services that the operation could offer; |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) a trauma-informed plan to address unauthorized |
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| 53 | 53 | | absences of children from the general residential operation; |
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| 54 | 54 | | (4) a suicide prevention, intervention, and |
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| 55 | 55 | | postvention plan that meets the requirements of Section 42.0433; |
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| 56 | 56 | | and |
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| 57 | 57 | | (5) the qualifications, background, and history, |
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| 58 | 58 | | including any compliance history, of each individual who is |
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| 59 | 59 | | proposed to be involved in: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (A) the management of the operation; and |
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| 61 | 61 | | (B) the educational leadership of the operation |
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| 62 | 62 | | if the operation will be using an on-site charter school. |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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